International Foundation Programme in Business, Law and Social Sciences - Continue to Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Events and Festivals Management

The University of Chester's Centre for Foundation Studies offers programmes that enable you to progress to a wide variety of undergraduate degrees across the University. Specialist tutors and excellent pastoral and academic support are available, and subject specific areas of study relating to the chosen degrees programme are integrated within the Foundation pathways. The programmes are designed to offer a specialist pathway for international students that do not currently meet the University's direct entry requirements.

The Centre for Foundation Studies is equipped to provide international students with all the support they need for a welcoming and enjoyable experience in the city and University of Chester.

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Events and Festivals Management

This course offers students the opportunity to study one of the world’s most exciting and vibarant industries. This course aims to teach students how to plan/manage events and festivals, and highlights the importance of events in various industries. Students will also explore a range of industry-related issues and learn how events/festival businesses operate. There are also an array of opportunities to get involved with working on live events and festivals locallys, regionally and nationally, supporting and assisting events and festivals organisations in and around Shrewsbury, Shropshire and further afield.

The course at Shrewsbury has been developed from the success of Events Management at the University of Chester, which regularly scores high levels of student satisfaction and employability prospects within the event and festival industry. The course is integrated through a study of the practices, processes, people and places that characterise event and festival activity at various levels. The course is underpinned by the active research and extensive experience of the lecturing team.

There are field trips every year, and guest lecturers in from industry are invited to share a wealth of experience. There are also opportunities to work with professional events and festivals organisations; whether that be on a volunteer basis, as an intern, on the Work Based Learning placement (as part of your course), or the Sandwich Placement Year (four-year option).